ROYAL VISIT TO SPAIN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3762, 11 April 1907, Page 3

ROYAL VISIT TO SPAIN.

Madrid, April 9. There is a great popular rejoicing in Cartagena. King Alfonso, Queen Christina, and the Infant Ferdinand, aboard the Giralda, met the Victoria and Albert at sea, warships escorting the Royal yacht to port. The Spanish party, the Premier and high dignitaries accompanying, boarded the Victoria and Albert. 'The two Kings and two Queens embraced one another affectionately. The visit was returned aboard the Giralda.

Newspapers in Madrid declare that the visit has ratified the understanding, and will strengthen Spain’s position with the worldAt a banquet aboard the battleship Numancia, King Alfonso, toasting King Edward and Queen Alexandra, emphasised the solidarity of the interests and the mutual sympathy between the two countries. The friendship was strengthened by ties ot kinship. He regretted Queen Ena’s enforced absence.

King Edward, responding, eulogised Queen Christina’s regency and reciprocated King Alfonso’s desire that the tie between the two houses and countries, founded on the historical and traditional community of interest and real sympathy should be strengthened and drawn closer. Paris, April 9. A Paris journal remarks that the Kaiser’s indefinite postponement of his visit to Madrid shows that he understands that Spain is under Britain’s political influence.